CA 125 Went Up Instead of Down

Sara2011
Sara2011 Member Posts: 78 Member
in Ovarian Cancer #1
I just had my second round of Taxol/Carboplatin on Monday. My lab work prior to chemo showed my CA 125 had elevated from 170 to 446 since my first round of chemo. That seemed very strange to the doctor and they are going to retest it next week at lab draws. Anyone else experienced something like this. My cancer had been staged at a Ic after surgery.

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  • carolenk
    carolenk Member Posts: 907 Member
    #2
    You aren't the first
    You aren't the first survivor to report this phenomenon--I've seen responses where it was cancer die off that put the number up. But in your case, maybe it is just a reaction to the chemo. The CA-125 is also found in the intestines. It goes up with inflammation, not just with cancer.
  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz Member Posts: 1,834
    #3
    Same thing happened to me,
    Same thing happened to me, Sara. My doctor said it didn't mean anything. I was still healing from the surgery and he had had to open my incision back up because it wasn't healing from the inside out. After that, it went down after every treatment.

    Carlene
  • cfont11
    cfont11 Member Posts: 115
    #4
    carolenk said:

    You aren't the first
    You aren't the first survivor to report this phenomenon--I've seen responses where it was cancer die off that put the number up. But in your case, maybe it is just a reaction to the chemo. The CA-125 is also found in the intestines. It goes up with inflammation, not just with cancer.

    Happened to me
    This happened to me also and the doctors attributed it to surgery I had for a blocked colon and I had a colostomy put in. I was not completely healed from the surgery when I started chemo. My CA125 was up, then down, then up, etc. It is good they are going to re-test. Unfortunately you will just have to wait for the results. I know how stressful that can be but hang in there.

    Chris
  • Sara2011
    Sara2011 Member Posts: 78 Member
    #5
    Thanks for the responses.
    Thanks for the responses. I'm trying not to focus on this and worry about it, but just figured a few of you other gals would have some good insight on this. I will just wait patiently for the next lab work and see what happens. It's helpful to get your responses.

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